Cephalometric characteristics of nonobese patients with severe OSA

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 408-412

  Pae, Eung Kwon ^a   Ferguson, Kathleen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cephalometry; Lower facial height; OSA; Overbite; Upper airway

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APNEA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEPHALOMETRY; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FACE; FACIAL BONE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TOOTH OCCLUSION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APNEA; BODY MASS INDEX; CEPHALOMETRY; COHORT STUDIES; FACE; FACIAL BONES; HUMANS; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; VERTICAL DIMENSION;

EID: 0033209767     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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